The 4th Episode of the Trade Finance Podcast takes place in Singapore, when both host Johan Egnell, Head of Asia at Mitigram and guest Josh Kroeker, Chief Product Officer at Contour, are located.

Talking points:

Global Head of Country Risk, Victoire De Groote shares her views on the upcoming trade policies of the new Biden administration. In this podcast:  1:30 - Discontinuing the tariffs approach for more targetted consensus around sanctions 3:05 - Current account deficit of the US against China 5:08 - Measures in line with the administration policies prioritised over allies relations 7:10 - Status of the trade 9:33 - About commodities

Mitigram Trade Finance Podcast with HSBC's Global head of Country Risk, Victoire de Groote.  Timeline: 0:35​ Import / Export trends 0:55​ Manufacturing status and trends 2:22​ Oil and commodities 2:59​ New US administration 4:17​ Biden's approach towards globalisation and China

Mitigram's CEO, Milena Torciano interviews Global Head of Country Risk, HSBC, Victoire De Groote on the impact of the crisis on world trade :  - Will it last?  - Is this the end of globalization?   - Can Emerging Markets benefit  of the current changes?  More information about Mitigram on mitigram.com  Timeline of the podcast: 0:34 - Q: Is COVID a one-off shock or the impact of the pandemic is here to stay? 1:25 - The reasons why is this crisis unique. 1:56 - Manufacturing production slow-down in pre-pandemic. 2:45 - "Surprise index" and recovery alphabet. 4:05 - Q: Have we seen the worst in the market indicators yet? 4:50 - Unemployment expectations. 5:30 - Drop in retail sales. 5:50 - Q: Are we at the beginning of the end of globalisation? 6:30 - How globalisation will be impacted moving forward. 7:22 - Q: What is the impact of geo-political tension? 7:44 - The future of US - China trade wars. 8:52 - The Brexit scenarios. 9:28 - The role of oil supply and price. 9:50 - Q: Who are the winners and losers of this crisis? 10:33 - The countries benefitting from the change in structure of trades. 11:28 - Sectors and industries affected both positively and negatively. 12:01 - Q: What are the long term expected effects of the crisis? 12:40 - The role of banks and financial institutions in the solution of the crisis. 13:50 - The need for process automation, options and digital relationship between corporates and financial counter-parties.